African Children's Choir

These kids are SO cute!!

Happy Birthday Fauna!!!!

Last nights sunset

Lesson Learned

When it comes to getting a suntan, ignorance is blister.

I found this today while skimming through a book of quotes. Although it’s very true it doesn’t fit my situation. It should read as follows;

When it comes to a suntan, stupidity is blister.

A few days back I decided to sit outside for a bit and get some sun. I was only out for a little over an hour, but it was enough. By that evening my face was so red, I looked like one of the Indians from Disney’s Peter Pan! (but this little Indian was not heap glad) I have gotten some pretty decent sunburns before, but nothing like this. My chin and around the corners of my mouth blistered…ouch!!! And my eyelids got a little swollen. So, why did I change the quote to stupidity??? I KNOW that I burn easily and I WASN’T wearing sunscreen….yep, it was stupid. But I learned my lesson and will never do that again.

Here's something new Dieneke :-)

" ...you have done more for me than any creed could have done to make me good, and more than any fate could have done to make me happy. You have done it without a touch, word, sign. You have done it by being yourself. Perhaps that is what a friend means after all..."

~Roy Croft

ik hou van jou...tons and tons!!!

Lucy from Narnia????

She sure reminds me of her with her new haircut

I went horseback riding again and am not suffering from saddle soreness, but….

…I got banged up pretty good on my lower back. I was riding on Will again and in order to make him move I was using a dressage whip. While we were riding in the arena, I gave him a slap with the whip, which he didn’t want at that moment. He kicked out causing me to jerk forward a bit, but that was no problem. What was, was that he ran right for the barrel that was right in front of us. I jerked him away from it and he jerked back and that is when I made my grand dismount! I did get back on him but not right away. Well, according to the McLaughlin’s I’m a true rider now that I’ve fallen off.

Will,

the horse that has caused me great pain and

in the process made me a "true rider"

Riding after he threw me

Kurt roping on Casey...yes I share my name with a horse :-/